Your instructors, Jill Bennett
and Jeff Wilson, each have over 35 years experience in outdoor and
adventure education working with a
wide variety of groups and agencies.
They are currently the owner/operators of Klondike
Ventures (skijoring, dog sledding, cross-country skiing
and backcountry
skills in the winter) ... running our own dogs since 1985 - after years of
Jeff working the sled-dog program at Outward Bound in
both Minnesota,
U.S.A. and Thunder Bay, Ontario ... married in 1985. Klondike Ventures
started in 1992.

Jill has a B. Phys.Ed. (U. of Toronto, 1974) and a MSc. Ed. in
Outdoor Education (Northern Illinois University 1985). Jill is past
director of Outdoors Alberta delivering outdoor education packages to
schools throughout Alberta. Jill designed and directed the Westlock
School
Board spring outdoor education program and has been the on-site instructor
at Blue Lake Centre and Yamnuska Centre in Alberta.
Jill was a staff
member in 1984 and 1985 at the Canadian Outward Bound Wilderness School,
instructing adult and teacher leadership courses.
Her certifications have
included: CANSI Level II ski instructor, Royal Lifesaving Award of Merit,
RLSS and Red Cross Swim Instructor, CSA Winter
Tour Leader III, CRCA Lake
Canoe Instructor/Examiner, ARCA River Instructor, Advanced Wilderness
First Aid and Wilderness EMT. From the mid 1990's until 2007 Jill along
with her partner Jeff Wilson have run Voyageur and Klondike Ventures.
Giving up the summer canoe business they continue to operate their
Dog-Sled business in the winter months and the B & B year round.

Jeff has a B.S. in Biology (U. of Illinois, 1975) with graduate
training in environmental health education (Southern Illinois University)
and
mediation (University of Calgary). He spent 7 years with the
Minnesota and Canadian Outward Bound Schools as senior instructor, working
all seasons.
Other positions held included course director for the youth
at risk programs, winter staff trainer, and sled dog coordinator/trainer.
Jeff worked for therapeutic
wilderness programs for the next 7 years
including Program Director for Enviros Wilderness School and
wilderness/urbanexperience coordinator for TRUST
Treatment Center. He is
a full certified Alberta Child and Youth Care Worker. He is also a senior
facilitator with Sources of Executive Action delivering custom leadership/teamwork programs to corporate clients. Certifications have
included: ACA Class III Whitewater Instructor (open boat), Red Cross
Advanced
Lifesaving and RLSS Bronze Cross, Ambulance, National Registry
and Wilderness EMTs. Jeff ran a group home for youth in Rocky Mountain
House for 7 years and for the last 4 years has been running an addiction
treatment facility for 18 to 24 year old males in Nordegg as well as their
Dog-Sled business.